Gwazi Magnum

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3DS Friend Code: 3325-2880-4746 (I only play Pokemon atm. I plan to grab more games in the future though if steam sales don't consume all of my cash).
Steam Name: AddictX360 (Gwazi Magnum Nickname)
Xbox LIVE Gamertag: SplaterKing117 (I only have a 360, I didn't bother getting an Xbone)

I made a religion (still working on a name)

Protagonist said 1) I'd slightly disagree. I'd say the bible states that he's neither all-forgiving, nor is he vengeful, but rather trying to balance the two out. If he was one or the other, he wouldn't ever interact with humans (he'd just have destroyed humanity by now or abandoned it). My interpretation is that God is motivated by his love of humanity as a whole (in the sense that he desperately wants to see it improve. He's not particularly fond of the current human condition), To this end, he will do absolutely anything necessary. As such, he's aggressive when he considers it necessary, but wouldn't go out of his way to be cruel either.As for the desert people 2000 years ago argument, that can be turned on its head. The fact that it's ancient is actually part of its appeal. The fact that it's been unchanged for thousands of years makes it more "timeless" rather than "outdated". If you compare it to music, it's kind of like classical vs. pop music.

2) Obviously, Atheists don't percieve Jesus as perfect, but they do tend to perceive him as very good. And I have seen non-Christians argue that Christians should be more like Christ/consider Christians a misaimed fandom of Christ. To the extent that one considers Jesus to be good, the more valid my statement is.

1) But then there's cases such as rewarding daughters as essentially sex slaves, the drowning of all of humanity save for a small handful of souls, the death of every 1st born infant as a way to intimidate a pharaoh (one he purposely made stubborn). None of these look like acts of a God that cares about the wellbeing of people.

And for the desert people, yes there is an appeal to unchanged things. There is an enjoyment of ancient culture to be seen in that, but that doesn't mean taking their beliefs and systems to heart and applying to modern world. I mean, a lot of people probably love Japan culture back during the time of the Samurai, but I doubt anyone wants to see Japanese laws and beliefs during that time to be followed and carried out today. We might like the look/feel of old english monarchy, but we don't want to suddenly operate the way England did in the medieval days.

Humanity improves over time, our technology improves, our culture improves, our laws improve, our understanding of the world around us improves. The Bible however, doesn't improve outside of OT to NT, which is still 2000 years behind.

2) Once again, if you find someone to be religious but a very moral person you can wish for people to be more like them morally without agreeing with their religious stance.

mdk said we've been through this, Magnum, a lot actually, and a smart person would stop and consider what it is that's keeping him from hearing (and thus, from considering) the other side of the coin.

I did plenty during my time as a Christian, I ultimately found what was stopping me was that God didn't exist in the first place.
That being said, I'm not immune to the idea of there being a God. But proof and evidence does need to be provided, scientific proof and evidence.

Woman Claims Monster Energy Drink is the Work of Satan

I wouldn't be shocked if the people who made the drink purposely did that stuff just to piss off extreme Christians like that.

I mean there are groups like Satanists who were set up solely for the purpose of trolling such people, and get's hilarious results.
Maybe one of Monsters head's also wanted that kind of chuckle.

Just Preordered DAI

Aragorn said Ah, I get what you mean. Best bet would be to ask somebody who played the game how it is(once it's been out long enough to play through fully).

That's what I plan on doing.
Hopefully AJ will have a full review up by the time Steams Christmas sales come around.
Cause that's when I'm getting an advance on Christmas money to take advantage of game sales.

Robeatics said trying to decide between a female qunari rogue or Dalish mage for my first playthrough. What do you guys think?

I'd pick whatever class you like the best first, and then pick the race you choose best matches said class.

I'm personally planning on doing a Female Qunari Mage.

I made a religion (still working on a name)

So Boerd said
If there is no "You", "You" can't argue anything.

I clearly am making an argument though. :P
So clearly there is a me.

Just Preordered DAI

Aragorn said
Pretend that it doesn't say EA, then paint over the EA symbol on the case once you buy it.

I wish. My concern with EA is that they're only showing the golden bits where the rest may be rather lackluster.
And if they are being dishonest like that, it's not something I can fix by just ignoring the EA title.

I literally just talked a person to sleep.

Maybe she was just really tired? o.O

I made a religion (still working on a name)

So Boerd said
But you can't because I can't prove you exist. Solipsism for the win.

Actually I can argue it, may you believe I exist or not.

Just Preordered DAI

I'm really liking the coverage that Angry Joe and Gopher are doing for it so far.
I'm really tempted to grab it myself near release, that would already be a guarantee though and not simply a temptation if EA wasn't the publisher. :/

feminist roleplaying

Not sure how I apparently missed some of the later replies to this until Henry posted. :/

Anyways, all the stuff I said about Third Wave feminism is stuff like that Third wave does. I was not off in my definition, I just forgot to include their love of Patriarchy.
Plus, I'd hate to break this to people but feminism is not doing crap to help gender equality (or even help women) at this point. It's turned into a hateful movement that wants to see men burn so women can enjoy all sorts of privileges and advantages. We've hit a point in society that men and women are equal, do both still have their own issues? Oh yea, we do. But both sexes has things that they are discriminated against, so we're both equal in the sense we both have battles of fight. We no longer have a society or legal structure where one sex is dominant over the other.